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The Bobcat varsity football team loaded on the bus early last Friday, October 11 for a four plus hour ride to the Bridger Valley of Wyoming. The team was set to play the Lyman Eagles that afternoon, in what coach Boone Bowker had called a “must win game.” While the Eagles sit in last place in the West Conference, they are in no way a team to be overlooked. And, it was a good thing the Cats went into the game with that thought in mind. Before the game, coach Bowker had said the team needed to come away with a win in Lyman to have any shot at...
In their final race before the conference finals, the Hot Springs County High School Cross Country Team competed in the Powell Invitational on Thursday, October 10. In one of the largest events of the season, teams from eleven schools were at the Powell Golf Course to compete. Outstanding senior, Trajn Swalstad of Worland won the boys race, running a time of 15:40.14, leading the Worland Warriors to the team championship, with a combined score of 37. Kinley Cooley of Powell was the girls champion, with a time of 18:26.80. The team from Cody...
The Lady Cats Volleyball team traveled to Lander on Thursday, October 8 to meet the Lady Tigers for a second time this season. They faced off with Lander at home on September 5 and came away with a win of three to two. The rematch in Lander would, again, prove successful for the Lady Cats. As the Lady Cats gear up for the final couple of weeks of the season, they played matches in Lander on Thursday, and followed up with a home court event against Worland on Saturday, October 10. Both Lander and Worland are 3A teams, and served as some tough...
The Bobcat varsity football team geared up for their homecoming game last week, facing a tough opponent in the #5 ranked Cokeville Panthers. While the first half of the game was a battle for field position – and points – the second half of the game got away from the home team. The final score showed the visiting team as winners, 38 to 22. Both teams were 2 and 2 coming in to the contest, and appeared to be evenly matched in both the offensive and defensive aspects of the game. Still, the Cats were up against a well-coached and disciplined tea...
The Lady Cats hosted the third place Lady Grizzlies from Rocky Mountain last Friday for volleyball action. Playing before a supportive home crowd, the junior varsity team made quick work of their counterparts from Cowley – winning the set by two games to one. The varsity team got off to a good start in their matchup – winning the first game, 25 to 18; and following up with a win in game two by a score of 25 to 19. At that point, things looked promising for the Lady Cats, however, games three and four went to the Lady Grizz – by scores of 25-18...
The Hot Springs County High School golf team had a very successful fall season this year. Several of the standout golfers were recently name to the list of All-State Golfers for 2024. The Bobcats finished as champions at this year’s state tournament on September 2. Following up on their own state championship outing last year, the Lady Cats finished in second place at state this year. Three Lady Cats were recently named to the All-State Team. Junior, Lilly Johnson was named All-State for the second year in a row. Lilly finished in fourth place...
The Bobcat cross country team hosted the Bobcat Invitational last Thursday at the Thermopolis Golf Course for middle school and high school runners. Although the course presents some interesting challenges and thus the race has been one that teams like to attempt to tackle, scheduling conflicts this year resulted in a rather good showing of middle school teams but no appearances by any high school teams. Since the Bobcats do not have any female runners this year, the eight members of the boys te...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats football team faced off with the Bulldogs in Lovell last Friday. After coming away with an hard-fought win in Kemmerer the week before, the Cats were looking to extend a win streak. The Bulldogs, however, had other plans. After going down 13 to nothing in the first quarter, the Cats came roaring back, to put up two touch-downs in the second period, and were up 14 to 13 with the halftime clock about to run out. A late touch-down pass, and a successful PAT, however, left Lovell up 20 to 14 at half-time....
The Hot Springs County High School Cross Country team competed in the Warrior Invitational on Thursday, September 26. Teams from nine schools were in attendance. Senior, Trajn Swalstad of Worland won the boys race, running a time of 15:57.6. Buffalo won the boys team event, with a combined score of 38. The Cats had six runners entered. Junior, Jadeth Elder, finished in 14th place with a time of 17:49.1; junior Cole Keller ran 19:17.5; freshman, Trevin Shaffer, ran 20:11.0; sophomore, Teancum Gevas, ran 20:55.1; freshman, Clayton Keller, ran...
The Lady Cats Volleyball team faced off with Shoshoni (6-13-1) this past Friday, and then played Greybull (13-9-3) on Saturday. Both matches were conference games. The ladies were dominant against the team from Shoshoni – going 3 and 0 (25-15, 25-17 and 25-16). Against Greybull, the Lady Cats won the first game by two points (27-25), and then proceeded to drop two close games, by scores of 26-24 and 28-26, respectfully. Flashing their skill level, the ladies evened things up by winning the f...
The Bobcat boys and girls golf teams were in Sheridan last weekend to compete in the State 2A Golf Championships. The tournament was played over two days, Friday and Saturday, at the Kendrick Golf Course. Kendrick is a public course - comprising 18 holes, with a par of 72. The boys brought home a State Championship, the girls came in as runner up State Champions and senior Hayden Overfield was the 2A individual boys State Champion. Outstanding senior, Hayden Overfield, finished the tournament as...
The varsity Bobcats football team made the long 4 hour bus ride over South Pass to Kemmerer last Friday and came away with a tough win against the home team. The Rangers had been undefeated coming into the contest and proved to be a tough opponent on their home field. The game was low scoring, with the two defenses working hard to limit their opponents yardage. In the first quarter, punting from their own side of the field, the Kemmerer kicker missed the ball on the kick, resulting in a turn-over to Thermopolis on the Kemmerer 35 yard line....
The Lady Cats played host last weekend to one-half of the Western Wyoming Volleyball Challenge Tournament. This newly formed tournament saw 1A and 2A teams from all over the state compete at two venues, Thermopolis and Greybull. Playing at home on September 20, the Lady Cats faced off against 2A Big Piney in the opening round of the tournament, and came away with a 2 to 1 win (24-25, 25-9, and 15-7). Then came the number 4 ranked 2A team from Riverside. Although the ladies battled in each game, Riverside came out on top 2 to 0 (25-22 and...
The Hot Springs County High School Cross Country Team traveled to Lander on Thursday, September 19 to compete in the Lander Invitational Meet. Teams from sixteen schools were in attendance to take on a new course laid out in Lander. While the new course did away with the dreaded hill of the previous lay out, it also added an even tougher hill – which hardly seems cricket. But, as Coach, Stephanie Metz, says: “That’s cross-country running.” Senior, Trajn Swalstad of Worland won the boys race, running a time of 16:21.90. Kelly Walsh won the boy...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats varsity football team played host to long-time rival Worland on Friday, September 13. After many years playing at different levels, this year's realignment of schools, has the Bobcats and the Warriors, once again, competing in the 2A West. The Cats have not enjoyed a win against Worland since 1998 - and unfortunately, they will have to wait a while longer for that happy event. The #4 ranked Warriors came into Thermopolis hard off a loss to 3A Powell...
In a tune-up for this week’s State Championship Tournament, the Hot Springs County High School golf teams competed in a dual match with Kemmerer on Friday, September 13. The event was played on neutral ground at the Lander Golf Course. Both the Bobcats, and the Lady Cats secured tournament championships in the event, with the Bobcats finishing with a team score of 351 to Kemmerer’s team score of 358. The Lady Cats put up a team score of 301. For the boys, Hayden Overfield was tournament champion – carding a very respectable score of 80 over...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats varsity volleyball team was on the road in Sheridan last week to compete at the Big Horn Tournament. Thirteen 2A schools were in attendance at the event - which covered two days, and pitted the Lady Cats against some of the top teams in the division. Before ever arriving to play at the tournament, the Lady Cats faced difficult odds. After an early 4 a.m. wake-up, the girls were early on the bus to Sheridan, and played their first match at 9 a.m. Over the course of the long Friday, the Lady Cats...
The Hot Springs County High School cross country team competed at the Bryant/Johnson Memorial Cross Country Meet in Riverton on September 12. While the course and weather conditions were favorable, the team did not fare as well as they had hoped. Junior Jadeth Elder led the team with a ninth place finish, running a time of 18:30.33. Coach Stephanie Metz said, “Jadeth was not happy with his time – but then, he’s a competitor.” Cole Keller had a time of 20:03.29; Ammon Gevas ran 20:32.38; Teancum Gevas ran a 21:17.38; Clayton Keller ran a time...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats hosted Tongue River on Friday, September 6. While the local inhabitants of the Town of Thermopolis welcomed the Eagles team and their fans to town, on the gridiron, the visitors were addressed as opponents by the home team. On a perfectly balmy fall day, the Bobcats treated the visiting Eagles to a 34 to zero loss. Coming on the heels of their scrimmage win against Newcastle last week, the defeat of the Eagles was well received by the Bobcats faithful fans. For their home opener, the Cats came to...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats varsity volleyball team played host to Lander on September 5. Facing a very competitive team in the Class 3A Tigers, and in a back-and-forth contest, the Lady Cats came away with a three to two win – 25-22, 16-25, 19-25, 25-23 and 15-11. Thirteen year head coach, Shannon Hill, said she was very pleased with the tenacity of the Lady Cats to hang in there, and come away with the win in five sets. “This is not an easy division. There are a lot of very good teams we will see this year, but I expect tha...
The Hot Springs County High School golf team played host at the Bobcat Invite last week, with two rounds of golf at the Thermopolis Golf Course. Mother Nature contrived to provide two great days of weather for the event on September 5 and 6. The Lady Cats finished in second place, with a team score of 615. The girls from Cody finished in first place, with a team score of 564. The Bobcats finished the tournament in sixth place (689), while the team champions were the team from Lander (621). Outstanding senior, Hayden Overfield, took the boys...
The Hot Springs County High School cross country team was at the Wyoming Indian School last week for a very competitive cross-country track meet. Five members of the Bobcats team were entered in the event, with scores of the top four runners combining for the Cats team score of 96 – good for a sixth place finish. Lander finished atop the board in team scores at 32 points - with three of their runners finishing in the top ten spots. Outstanding junior Jadeth Elder came in first in the boys event, with a time of 17:52 – on a pace of 5:30. Jun...
Last week, the "ABR Roadshow," of America's Best Restaurants (ABR), made its second appearance in Thermopolis during the month of August. The Roadshow was in town to do a review, and a promotion on the One Eyed Buffalo Brewing Company on August 8, 2024, and returned on August 27, 2024 to visit the 7 Lazy S Cafe & Bar. ABR is a national restaurant media and marketing consultancy, which highlights culinary establishments around the country. Businesses are featured on the ABR media pages with...
The Hot Springs County High School varsity Bobcats traveled to neutral ground in Buffalo last week, for a week zero scrimmage game against Newcastle. With just seconds left on the clock, the Cats faced a fourth and goal from the seven. As the clock ran out, the Bobcats came away with a game winning touchdown, leaving a final score of Thermopolis 12 and Newcastle 7. Coach Boone Bowker stated, "It was a physical game, against a very physical team that is determined to pound the ball in the ground...
The Hot Springs County High School Golf teams were in Worland last week for the two-day Worland Invite Tournament at Green Hills Golf Course. Green Hills is an eighteen hole public course, which bills itself as the number 3 public course in the State of Wyoming. Ten schools participated in the event. The Lady Cats finished in third place on the leader board, with scores of 309 and 284, for a total team score of 593 – just eleven strokes off of the first place team from Lander. All three Lady Cats – Lilly Johnson, Ruth Needham and Madison Sha...
